The Popular Cultures Research Network (PCRN) is a gathering of academic staff and postgraduates at Leeds and elsewhere who have teaching and research interests in popular culture. We are based in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures (SMLC) but our membership extends beyond Languages, beyond Arts disciplines generally, and indeed beyond Leeds.

We promote an open, pluralistic and evolving sense of what is meant by 'popular culture'. We also encourage dialogue between modern languages disciplines and the well-established perspectives of Anglophone cultural studies.